Wacky Will Wednesday

Wacky Will Wednesday – Ray Fulk

February 20, 2013

Most leave their estate to family members, close friends or charity, not to people they’ve never met. But Ray Fulk had other ideas. Fulk was a recluse who lived and died alone in an Illinois farmhouse. Even though his home had no running water and the car he drove was a Ford truck from the [...]

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Wacky Will Wednesday: Wills That Make You Go Hmmm… – James Doohan

May 30, 2012

NB: This post is part of a series highlighting wills that contain some interesting, and sometimes bizarre, bequests and stipulations. You can see all these posts here. If you are a Star Trek fan like me, you’re familiar with James Doohan. He was the actor who played Montgomery Scott, the chief engineer of the original [...]

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Wacky Wednesday: Wills That Make You Go “Hmmm…” –
Gene Roddenberry

April 4, 2012

NB: This post is part of a series highlighting wills that contain some interesting, and sometimes bizarre, bequests and stipulations. You can see all these posts here. If you are a Star Trek fan like me, you’ve heard of Gene Roddenberry. He is the man who created and produced the original Star Trek series and [...]

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Wacky Wednesday: Wills That Make You Go “Hmmm…” – Sandra West

February 1, 2012

NB: This post is part of a series highlighting wills that contain some interesting, and sometimes bizarre, bequests and stipulations. You can see all these posts here. It has been said that Americans have love affairs with cars, but but one person took that love to an extreme. Sandra Illene West was a Texas oil [...]

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Wacky Wednesday: Wills That Make You Go “Hmmm…” – Carlotta Liebenstein

October 26, 2011

NB: This post is part of a series highlighting wills that contain some interesting, and sometimes bizarre, bequests and stipulations. You can see all these posts here. Leona Helmsley left her dog, Trouble, $12 million in trust, but that amount seems paltry considering the amount Austrian Countess Carlotta Liebenstein left her dog. When she died [...]

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Wacky Wednesday: Wills That Make You Go “Hmmm…” – Jeremy Betham

April 6, 2011

NB: This post is part of a series highlighting wills that contain some interesting, and sometimes bizarre, bequests and stipulations. You can see all these posts here. Jeremy Bentham, an English philosopher who died in 1832, included a very bizarre stipulation in his will. He gave his body to his friend, Dr. Thomas Southwood Smith, [...]

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